Commentary: Are We Overblowing Our Fear of Mass Shootings?
In the last several days, I have seen a lot of interesting comments in response to the…
Commentary: A Few Bad Apples, Or An Entire System In Need of Overhaul?
For a year and a half, this nation has engaged in an important debate over the treatment…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Justice Department Investigates Chicago Police
The Washington Post reports that, once again, the Department of Justice will launch an investigation into patterns…
Sunday Commentary: When Will We Acknowledge the Truth on Guns?
The first step toward a solution to a great problem is to acknowledge the problem, and the…
Full Blown Scandal and Cover Up in Chicago Over McDonald Murder by Police
Last week, more than 13 months after the tragic shooting of Laquan McDonald, Chicago officials, under a…
Truth Lost When Officers View Body Cam Footage
By Jeff Adachi In a few months, 2,000 San Francisco police officers will be outfitted with body…
Why No Charges in Police-Involved Beating in SF?
By Jeff Adachi Nearly 25 years after the Rodney King beating shocked the world, Stanislav Petrov lay…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Did Alvarez Wait a Year to Charge Cop with Murder?
For years, State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has been called one of the worst prosecutors in the country….
Are Advocates For Reforming Police Practices Anti-Police?
Tim Lynch, writing on the Cato Institute’s “At Liberty” site, notes, “If you are an advocate for…
Video Released of Cop Shooting Teen 16 Times within 30 Seconds on the Scene
On Tuesday, Chicago city officials released a long-awaited video from the October 20, 2014, shooting of teenager…
Analysis: Another View of Campus Protest and the Need for Safe Spaces
One of the more balanced accounts of the campus protest controversy comes from Cornell Law Professor Michael…
Monday Morning Thoughts II: Crime Analysis Finds Crime is Not Rising Across the Country
The Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law has conducted an analysis of 2015…
The Power of Speech
By Susan N. Herman Lloyd Gaines was denied admission to the University of Missouri in 1935 because…
My View: Your Sons and Daughters Are Beyond Your Command, the Times Are Changing
This morning I caught the headline of an op-ed in the Bee by Ben Boychuk, “Protests by…
Brutal Beating by Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs in San Francisco
Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods is up in arms and demanding possible criminal charges against two…
Proud of My Fellow Americans
By Tia Will I do not often wave, or symbolically wrap myself in the flag. I am…
Racial Justice and Free Speech Are Not Mutually Exclusive
By Dennis Parker The recent wave of college demonstrations starting at the University of Missouri and Yale…
UCD, Who Do You Protect?
by Brandon Buchanan, Kyla Burke and Emily Breuninger Davis Stands with Ferguson organized last Tuesday’s protest on…
Documents Show DOJ Admitting that StingRays Spy on Innocent Bystanders
by Linda Lye Documents recently obtained by the ACLU of Northern California from the Department of Justice…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Story Behind the Girl in South Carolina
Those quick to jump on parents and the school might be interested to learn that, according to…
